Carnaquidden Downs is a Area in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Carnaquidden Downs

There are great places to visit near Carnaquidden Downs including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.

Tehidy is one of Carnaquidden Downs's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Carnaquidden Downs.

Carnaquidden Downs has some unmissable country parks nearby like Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

The area around Carnaquidden Downs features a number of interesting towns including Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Kit Hill Country Park is one of Carnaquidden Downs's best, nearby hills to visit in Carnaquidden Downs.

Carnaquidden Downs has some unmissable villages nearby like Cremyll, and Botallack.

Historic Buildings to visit near Carnaquidden Downs include Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Airports to visit near Carnaquidden Downs include Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Carnaquidden Downs History

There are some historic monuments around Carnaquidden Downs:

• Chambered barrow SSE of Treen
• Dovecote called the 'Culver House', 330m SSW of Lower Bussow Farm
• Portal dolmen called Sperris Quoit
• Neolithic hilltop enclosure and Iron Age defended settlement known as Trencrom Castle
• A round, courtyard house settlement and two stone hut circles 400m north east of Trye Farm
• Round cairn 135m west of Little Carnaquidden
• Round barrow on Gear Common 400yds (370m) WSW of Pennance Farm
• Courtyard house 280m north west of Middle Carnaquidden
• Megalithic tomb 220yds (200m) SW of Trevarthen
• Courtyard house settlement with part of a field system and a possible fogou 550m SSE of Treen
• Courtyard house settlement and field system and medieval farmstead 440m south of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
• Bowl barrow 260m SSE of Zennor Quoit
• An inscribed cross shaft, a lantern cross head and a cross-base in Gulval churchyard
• Two round barrows 300yds (270m) E of Little Higher Bosullow
• Cist 165m east of Tredinneck Farm
• Round, courtyard house settlement and field system 140m WNW of Goldherring
• Stone hut circle settlements, courtyard house settlement, enclosures and part of a field system at Boswarva Carn
• Wayside cross 200m north west of Pendrea
• Ancient house and enclosures 250yds (230m) N of Mulfra Farm
• Rectangular enclosures 700yds (640m) E of Tregerthen
• Medieval wayside cross 150m ESE of Lower Alsia
• Medieval chapel called Chapel Jane
• Hut circle settlement at Sperris Croft 500yds (460m) SE of Tregerthen Cottage
• Two kerbed cairns on Trendrine Hill
• Promontory Fort called Trereen Dinas
• Circular enclosure 385m NE of Higher Trenowin
• A small multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle-an-Dinas' which contains an 18th century folly called 'Roger's Tower'
• Wayside cross known as Vellansagia Cross
• Hut circles with associated field system 400yds (360m) SW of Little Higher Bosullow
• Standing stone called Tresvennack Pillar
• Croftoe British village
• Four crosses on St Michael's Mount
• Three round barrows 650yds (595m) N of Nine Maidens stone circle
• Round cairn and medieval settlement 150m south of Solomons Isle
• Courtyard house settlement 315m NNE of Botrea Farm
• Wayside cross 290m SSW of Madron Well
• Courtyard house and stone hut circle settlement 430m south west of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
• Chapel and holy well on Chapel Downs
• Round barrow 600yds (550m) NW of Nine Maidens stone circle
• Tregurtha Downs mine complex
• Two stone hut circle settlements and part of an associated field system 370m south west of Boswens
• Churchyard cross in St Buryan churchyard
• Stone hut circle settlement, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system 500m south of Foage Farm
• Stone hut circle 730m west of Foage Farm
• Two hut circles 380yds (350m) NE of Trevean
• Penbeagle Cross
• Bowl barrow 600m south west of Trewidden Farm
• Two cist graves 500yds (460m) NE of Tregerthen Cottage
• Hut circles, Higher Bussow
• Wayside cross-head in Sancreed churchyard on churchyard wall by west gate
• Stone setting and holed stone known as the Men-an-Tol, 315m south east of Coronation Farm
• Trembath Cross 200m ENE of Buryas Bridge
• Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system
• Large regular stone circle called Boscawen-Un with two outlying standing stones west of Boscawen Noon Farm
• Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 20m south east of the church
• Wayside cross called Crowlas Cross, 230m north east of Lower Tregender
• Two entrance graves and two bowl barrows 670m SSE of Treen Farm
• Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Medieval chapel known as Madron Well Chapel associated with Madron holy well
• Wayside cross in Lelant Lane, 670m north west of St Uny's Church
• Deserted medieval settlement with 16th and 18th century structures 85m west of West Lanyon Quoit
• Two standing stones known as 'The Pipers', 130m and 230m south west of Boleigh Farm
• Part of a prehistoric field system at Tor Noon
• Market cross
• Round called Trewern Round
• Cross-head in Madron churchyard, south of the church
• Early Christian memorial stone beside Bleu Bridge
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 10m south east of the church
• Cross at Treassowe
• Courtyard house 150m north east of Trye Farm
• Tremethick Cross, 760m east of Tremethick Farm
• Medieval wayside cross at Paul
• Wayside cross in Newlyn churchyard, south of the church
• Round 340m south east of Trevean
• Fogou 70m west of Higher Bodinnar
• Standing stone 140m north west of Beersheba Farm
• Kerris Cross
• Hut circle 280yds (250m) SW of Trevarthen
• Round barrow 300yds (270m) W of Nine Maidens
• Round called Lescudjack Castle
• Round 500yds (460m) NW of Nancothan Cottages, Trewidden
• Long stone W of Boswens Common
• Wayside cross at Tregwainton Carn
• Iron Age defended settlement immediately south east of Boskennal Farm
• Standing stone 150m north west of Trewern Round
• Three wayside crosses in the churchyard of St Sennara's Church
• Iron Age defended settlement, 330m south east of Caer Bran Farm
• Standing stone known as the 'Blind Fiddler', 405m south east of Lesbew Farm
• Churchyard cross in St Ia's churchyard
• Standing stone 75m south of Tremayne
• Iron Age defended settlement 460m south east of Caer Bran Farm
• Courtyard house settlement with enclosure and fogou 235m south east of Porthmeor Farm
• Wayside cross immediately south of St Towennicus' Church
• Iron Age to Roman settlement with incorporated fogou and adjacent post-medieval cottage at Carn Euny
• Field system on Dry Carn
• Kerbed cairn 660m WNW of Foage Farm
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 8m east of the church
• Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit
• Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn
• The Men Scryfa, an early Christian memorial stone
• Chapel 140m south west of Bosence
• Round barrow 1000yds (910m) ESE of Rosemergy SW of Carn Galver
• Part of a field system and cairn field 375m west of Bojuthnoe Farm
• Wayside cross 200m north east of Boscathnoe Farm
• Holy well called Madron Well
• Settlement 450yds (400m) NW of Middle Carnaquidden
• Early Christian memorial stone and churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, immediately south of the church
• Two standing stones known as the Long Stones, 280m south east of Higher Drift Farm
• Standing stone 60m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• Round cairn 180m WSW of Higher Conquer
• Round 450yds (405m) NW of Lower Chellew Farm
• Entrance grave known as Zennor Quoit 600m north-east of Foage Farm
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement at Chygwidden Vean, 250m east of Land Vue
• Standing stone 230m south of Primrose Cottage
• Medieval wayside cross at Whitecross, near Crowlas
• Boleigh fogou
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 6m south of the church
• Round 280m WNW of Higher Faugan Hotel
• Trevorgans Cross 375m east of Crows-an-wra
• Wayside cross 310m WNW of Little Boswarthen
• Watermill near Bosigran Castle
• Treen Common stone circle
• Iron Age beehive hut 380m SSW of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
• Stone cross base 450yds (405m) NW of Santry Farm
• Three bowl barrows on Treen Common 430m north east of Higher Bosporthennis
• Multi-period archaeological landscape 430m north of Tredinney
• Wayside cross beside a farm track, 115m north of Rosemorran Farm
• St Buryan churchtown cross
• Botrea barrows
• Round 300yds (270m) NE of Newmill
• Bosiliack prehistoric settlement, field systems, entrance grave, cairns and later tinworks
• Enclosure 220yds (200m) NE of Trevean
• Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm
• Barrow 800yds (730m) WNW of Boswens Farm
• Wayside cross in Madron churchyard, west of the church
• Standing stone 105m south east of Chyenhal Farm
• Standing stone 340m south of Trye Farm
• Entrance grave 245m north west of Pennance
• Churchyard cross-head in wall of Paul churchyard
• Three bowl barrows 380m south east of Bryndowr
• Round barrow 200yds (180m) NNW of Long Stone
• Platform cairn 190m SSE of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• Portal dolmen known as Mulfra Quoit
• Large regular stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' and a round cairn 690m north-west of Killiow Farm
• Brunnion Cross, at Brunnion Carn
• Entrance grave 290m south west of Brane End Farm
• Kerbed cairn and round cairn 210m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• Two courtyard houses and two stone hut circles 470m north east of Newmill
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and part of a field system 400m north of Bodrifty Farm
• Chun Downs prehistoric landscape complex, incorporating Chun Cromlech, Chun Castle, and barrow 200yds (180m) SW of Chun Farm
• Courtyard house settlement known as Bosullow Trehyllys, 515m north east of Chun Castle
• Promontory fort called Bosigran Castle
• Round barrow 300yds (270m) SSE of Polhigey
• Sea Lane Cross, Lelant
• Round called Lesingey Round
• Medieval wayside cross 35m SSW of Pendrea Cottage, south west of St Buryan